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« on: June 08, 2010, 12:23:42 pm »
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Hi all i have got thesse lead finds and am not sure if they are weights or tokens ect. One on the end has iron that went inside which i presume is some type of weight. Can anyone give me any more info on what they are and what they were used for i thaught tokens had prints on them  Huh?  Thanks in advance. Lee    Detecting

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« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2010, 12:43:05 pm »
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You got me, interesting though thanks for posting.Foiled Again

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« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2010, 01:00:26 pm »
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They look like lead seals for some kind.

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« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2010, 03:22:59 pm »
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Yes they are quite thick and heavy i always thought that tokens were like coins but was told that some lead tokens were like what i have here. Thanks anyway.  Lee  Smiley     Detecting

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« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2010, 03:37:19 pm »
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Lead seals were used for all sorts of stuff.

Cotton, Tobacco, Money, Cloth, you name it.


Here are some real cool ones.

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« Reply #5 on: June 08, 2010, 03:49:12 pm »
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Cool site and very interesting! Thanks homefire  Great

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Lead disks use to be used as dress weights for ladies skirt hems.  Also lead weights were used on drapes.  Don't know if these were used as such.  The ones I am familiar with are hollow in the middle with a lead bar running through the middle [1840's to around the turn of the 19th Century.  These may be nothing of that kind.

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